Band 6 Emergency practitioner

Ability to work under pressure in an ever changing, challenging specialist environment whilst maintaining excellent standards of patient care. - Managing an autonomous caseload, which includes unpredictable work patterns and high levels of concentration on patient assessment, diagnosis, planning and discharge, and the requirement to meet national targets for Emergency Department attendances. - Dealing with difficult situations and people where there can be significant barriers to understanding. - Managing both verbally and physically aggressive patients, relatives and other visitors. - Managing and supporting both patients and relatives in times of distress, occasionally including bereavement. - Dealing with child protection issues.

• Active RN Adult/ Paediatric registration with the NMC or HCPC Registration on the Paramedic or Physiotherapy register
• United Kingdom recognised Degree in either: Level 6 BSc within Minor injury & or Illness Or Level 6/7 Advancing Practice in Clinical Assessment, Reasoning and Differential Diagnosis for Urgent, Emergency and Primary Care Practitioners
• Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an Acute & or Emergency clinical environment Experience in Minor Injury/illness
• Demonstrates ability to question and challenge nursing practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved., Non- Medical Independent & Supplementary Prescribing or able to use PGDs
• Immediate Life Support
• Able to perform numerous wound closure techniques and reduction of dislocations and fractures
• Able to interpret a number of investigations including plain film X-Rays and blood results
  
  I am delighted you are interested in a Band 6 Emergency practitioner job here at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This information pack contains all the information you need to apply for the post, I would actively encourage you to read the information and make contact with me for an informal conversation. We provide acute hospital services from two large district general hospitals, Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Maternity Services are also provided at Stroud Maternity Hospital. We remain the major provider of secondary care services in the area and analysis shows that for Gloucestershire we are the leading acute healthcare provider by a significant margin.
At the very centre of our organisation is our dedicated nursing, midwifery and care staff, being part of the team here at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a huge privilege and if successful you will be joining over 2,000 nursing, midwifery and care colleagues each committed to delivering great experience and outcomes for our patients. Here at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and pivotal to this are our nurses, midwives and care staff, whose dedication, expertise and kindness ensures that patients receive the very best care throughout their treatment. I wish you every success with your application to join this team.